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Tennis: Lakers defeat Yellowjackets a second time

Madison Paridon teamed up with Chad Hofland at two-doubles to notch one of Perham's two victories in a regular season ending loss at Detroit Lakes. Brian Basham/FORUM Communications

DETROIT LAKES --The Perham tennis team finished regular season play with a 2-9 record and will enter the Section 8-1A team tournament Monday as the No. 7 seed and will face No. 2 Crookston, in Crookston, at 4:30 p.m.

Isaac swept through Naoto Nitta in straight sets 6-0, 6-4, while Alex went three sets with Jordan Cresap, winning the first 6-1, but falling in the second 7-5. Fondrick wrapped up the match with a 6-1 victory in the final set.

"Isaac Fondrick is playing as well as any singles player in our section," said DL head coach Wade Johnson.

Cody Jordan defeated Perham's Dillon Shields four and four and Austin Nelson made it a Laker sweep in singles downing Al Shoenenberger 6-4, 7-6 (7-4).

DL's one-doubles team of Ethan Brekke and Derick Brehm played defeated Perham's Randy Swanson and James Hirsch 6-2, 6-1.

Robert is a Minnesota Newspaper Association award-winning Sports Editor at the Detroit Lakes Tribune. Williams worked prior as the Sports Editor in Perham for the Focus, a Forum Communications newspaper, from 2010-14.